2013-2014 Academic Calendar
August 2013
| 3 Saturday |
Commencement, Bread Loaf School of English at Oxford |
| 8 Thursday |
***Eid al-Fitr |
| 10 Saturday |
Commencement, Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont |
| 14-24 Wed.-Sat. |
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference |
| 16 Friday |
VT Language Schools Commencement |
| 29-Sept. 1 Thurs.-Sun. |
Alumni College |
September 2013
| 1 Sunday |
Alumni College ends |
| 2 Monday |
Labor Day |
| 2 Monday |
Orientation begins |
| 5 Thursday |
***Rosh Hashanah |
| 7 Saturday |
Residence Halls open for returning students (9:00 a.m.) |
| 8 Sunday |
Convocation |
| 9 Monday |
Fall term classes begin (8:00 a.m.) |
| 14 Saturday |
***Yom Kippur |
| 26-28 Thurs.-Sat. |
Clifford Symposium |
| 27-29 Fri.-Sun. |
Alumni Leadership Conference |
October 2013
| 11-13 Fri.-Sun. |
Fall Family Weekend |
| 15 Tuesday |
***Eid al Adha |
| 21-22 Mon.-Tues. |
Midterm recess |
| 23 Wednesday |
Classes resume (8:00 a.m.); |
| 17-19 Thur.-Sat. |
Trustee Meetings |
| 25-27 Fri.- Sun |
Homecoming |
November 2013
| 3 Sunday |
Daylight Saving Time ends |
| 26 Tuesday |
Thanksgiving recess begins (4:15 p.m.) |
| 28 Thursday |
Thanksgiving Day |
December 2013
| 2 Monday |
Classes resume (8:00 a.m.) |
| 6 Friday |
Fall term classes end (4:15 p.m.) |
| 7 Saturday |
MIIS Winter Commencement |
| 9 Monday |
Examination period begins |
| 10-15 Tue.-Sun. |
*Final examinations |
| 12 Thursday |
Reading Day |
| 15 Sunday |
Recess begins (10:00 p.m.) |
| 16 Monday |
Residence Halls close (Noon.) |
| 25 Wednesday |
Christmas Day |
January 2014
| 1 Wednesday |
New Year's Day |
| 5 Sunday |
Residence Halls open (9:00 a.m.) |
| 6 Monday |
Winter term classes begin (8:00 a.m.) |
| 20 Monday |
Martin Luther King Day |
| 31 Friday |
Winter term classes end; Recess begins (4:15 p.m.) |
February 2014
| 1 Saturday |
Celebration for mid-year graduates |
| 5 Wednesday |
Spring Orientation begins |
| 10 Monday |
Spring term classes begin (8:00 a.m.) |
| 20-22 Thurs.-Sat. |
Trustee meetings |
| 20 Thursday |
Winter Carnival recess begins (4:15 p.m.) |
| 21-22 Fri.-Sat. |
Winter Carnival |
| 24 Monday |
Classes resume (8:00 a.m.) |
March 2014
| 5 Wednesday |
Ash Wednesday |
| 9 Sunday |
Daylight Saving Time begins |
| 21 Friday |
Spring term recess begins (4:15 p.m.) |
| 31 Monday |
Classes resume (8:00 a.m.) |
April 2014
| 11 Friday |
*Student Research Symposium; classes do not meet |
| 15 Tuesday |
***First Day of Passover |
| 18 Friday |
Good Friday |
| 20 Sunday |
Easter (All Christian) |
May 2014
| 8-10 Thurs.-Sat. |
Trustee meetings |
| 12 Monday |
**Spring term classes end (4:15 p.m.) |
| 14 Wednesday |
Examination period begins |
| 15-20 Thur.-Tues. |
*Final examinations |
| 17 Saturday |
MIIS Commencement |
| 21 Wednesday |
Residence Halls close for general student body (noon) |
| 24 Saturday |
Baccalaureate |
| 25 Sunday |
Commencement/Residence Halls close for Graduates and Senior FEBs (11:00 p.m.) |
| 26 Monday |
Memorial Day |
June 2014
| 6-8 Fri.-Sun. |
Reunion |
| 20 Friday |
VT Language Schools eight-week session begins |
| 24 Tuesday |
Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont begins |
| 27 Friday |
VT Language Schools seven-week session begins |
| 28 Saturday |
**Ramadan |
| 30 Monday |
Bread Loaf School of English at Oxford begins |
July 2014
| 1 Tuesday |
VT Language Schools six-week session begins |
| 4 Friday |
Independence Day |
| 29 Tuesday |
***Eid al-Fitr |
August 2014
| 9 Saturday |
Commencement, Bread Loaf School at Oxford; Vermont |
| 13-23 Wed.-Sat. |
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference |
| 15 Friday |
VT Language Schools Commencement |
| 28-31 Thurs.-Sun. |
Alumni College |
* Fall exams scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
* Spring exams scheduled Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday.
**Friday class schedule observed on Monday, May 12.
***These religious holidays begin at sundown of the preceding day. Dates are based on the lunar calendar and may vary.
NOTE: The Calendar is subject to change.